Thursday, August 10, 2017

The Little Red Wolf by Amélie Fléchais (@lionforge)

I would like to thank NetGalleyand Lion Forge for providing me a copy of
this book in exchange for an honest review.

Introduction:

Now, I have been reading
fairy tale retellings for many years and I had read retellings of stories like “Cinderella,” “The Three Little Pigs,”
“Sleeping Beauty” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” So, imagine my surprise and delight in seeing
this new retelling of “Little Red Riding
Hood” from NetGalley called “The
Little Red Wolf” by Amélie
Fléchais and I just
had to pick this book up! After I read
this book, I have to say that this was one of the most creative and
heartbreaking retellings of “Little Red
Riding Hood” I had ever read!

What is this story
about?

The story starts off with a family of wolves living in the
roots of a tree and the smallest wolf in the family was called Little Red Wolf
because he would wear a red cape all the time.
One day, Little Red Wolf’s mother wanted him to take a nice plump rabbit
to his grandmother, since his grandmother cannot hunt anymore due to her losing
her teeth. But just before Little Red
Wolf made his journey to his grandmother’s house, his mother warned him about a
human hunter and his daughter and that he should stay away from them at all
costs. As Little Red Wolf journeyed
through the forest, he began to feel hungry and he started eating the rabbit
that he was supposed to give to his grandmother piece by piece. When Little Red Wolf ate all of the rabbit,
he began to cry since he was supposed to give that rabbit to his grandmother
and he had no idea how he will get another rabbit to give to his grandmother. It was then that a little girl came up to
Little Red Wolf and said that she could give him a rabbit if he followed her to
her home.

Will this girl help Little Red Wolf get another rabbit for his
grandmother or does she have some kind of malicious agenda for Little Red Wolf?

Read this book to find out!

What I loved about
this story:

Amélie Fléchais’ writing: Wow! Just…wow!
I never would have thought that I would ever read a “Little Red Riding Hood” retelling told from the wolf’s perspective
(even though I had read a parody book of the “Three Little Pigs” told from the wolf’s perspective called “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs”). Amélie
Fléchais has done a
fantastic job at retelling the classic “Little
Red Riding Hood” story from the wolf’s point of view as the wolf presented
here is shown as being more sympathetic than the hunter and the young girl
compared to the original story and that is what made this such a unique and
creative read for me! I like the fact
that the wolf here is presented as a young cub who does not know about the
dangers of being around a hunter and is actually innocent of any wrongdoing in
this story (well, except for accidentally eating all of the rabbit he was
supposed to give to his grandmother). I
also loved the mysterious and intense atmosphere that Amélie
Fléchais provided in this story as I was sitting on the edge of
my seat trying to see if any horrible disaster will befall Little Red Wolf and
how he would be able to handle himself (or who would help him out) if he got
into such a scary and dangerous situation.

Amélie Fléchais’ artwork:Amélie
Fléchais’artwork
is probably the highlight of this book as all the images are drawn in
watercolor paintings, which makes the imagery so gorgeous to look at. I also loved the haunting feel that Amélie
Fléchais shows in the
artwork as the illustrations are mostly in dark colors and it gives the story a
mysterious and eerie feel, especially during the scenes where Little Red Wolf
gets lost in the forest. But, probably
my most favorite image in this book was the image of Little Red Wolf himself as
he is drawn in an extremely adorable manner as he has large puppy dog eyes and
a small cute nose that really brings out his innocent and adorable nature.

What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:

For anyone who does not like scary moments in graphic novels
or novels in general, there are some intense scenes in this book that might
scare younger readers, such as Little Red Wolf getting lost in the forest and
the danger of possibly encountering the huntsman and his daughter.

Also, I felt that the ending was a bit too abrupt and I
wished that more was explained about the revelation at the end, rather than
just stopping the story as soon as the revelation was being made. All this just made me want to have a sequel
to this story so that way, the ending would be made clearer to me than it is
now and so that way we can have a more broader expansion on the characters themselves.

Final Thoughts:

Overall, “The Little Red Wolf” is one retelling of “Little
Red Riding Hood” that you should definitely check out, especially if you enjoy hearing
classic fairy tales being told from a different perspective! I would recommend this book to children ages
six and up since the imagery might scare smaller children.

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